tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35394122441125476372024-03-21T11:39:33.756-05:00patty's postingsphotographs, thoughts, observations, of my lifePattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14823156033150491764noreply@blogger.comBlogger534125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539412244112547637.post-14370273151809963482014-06-02T22:00:00.000-05:002014-06-02T22:00:06.988-05:00May cakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know, I know, omg she has posted more cakes! I did give you fair warning! This cake is at Fort Belle Fountaine, the spot Lewis and Clark departed from to their journey west</div>
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This cake is in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis</div>
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cake at St Ferdinand shrine in Florissant, another suburb of St. Louis</div>
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</span>Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14823156033150491764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539412244112547637.post-48358778574328632032014-05-28T22:00:00.000-05:002014-05-28T22:00:04.341-05:00Amish Country<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another day trip, this one with a friend. We visited Arthur, Illinois to visit an Amish community. The Amish do not like you to take their photo, especially their face. It's ok to take from the back or from a distance.</div>
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Dad and son running errands</div>
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we also attended a quilt social. this quilt is 130 years old.</div>
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can't help myself from taking horse and buggy photos</div>
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one of our stops was Beachy's grocery store. this is the spice aisle; almost everything is bulk sold.</div>
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new foal</div>
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what do you do when you don't have a clothes dryer?</div>
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plowing the fields with a six team hitch</div>
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buggy and sulky</div>
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we ate lunch at an Amish home, everything made from scratch and after lunch I ran around taking photos of their land and building.</div>
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and made a new friend</div>
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since this sect of Amish doesn't use electricity, they use propane gas to have light in the house</div>
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visited an antique shop on main street</div>
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love these old feed bags I have a couple that I am going to make pillows out of</div>
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cross of the crossroads in Effingham, Illinois</div>
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I know by now everyone is tired of seeing the cakes; I only have 230 to go! It's going to be a long summer. This cake is at a small airport in St. Louis County. There was an airshow there with the Blue Angels</div>
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This one was at the Kemp Auto Museum, one of the finest collection of Mercedes Benz in the world.</div>
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butterfly cake at the Butterfly house in Chesterfield.</div>
Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14823156033150491764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539412244112547637.post-25395035096104000772014-05-20T22:00:00.000-05:002014-05-20T22:00:03.592-05:00Monkey Tales theater and Native American lessons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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L and I spent a beautiful Saturday morning at the park watching the Monkey Tales actors in "The boy who snared the sun"</div>
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L got the chance to participate in the show by hopping like a frog</div>
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We also learned about the game of Lacross</div>
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made a dream catcher</div>
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saw Native American dancers</div>
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the most amazing thing was as the dancers were performing, a herd of deer ran thru the field behind us; this field is in the middle of a subdivision!</div>
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My photos of the eclipse. I woke up at 2:30 pm to watch this phenomena on April 15, it was beautiful. </div>
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this photo shows the moon, mars and jupiter</div>
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The cake quest continues: this cake is located at Chuck a Burger drive in. A iconic drive in from the 1950's. A local hangout for the kids in North St. Louis county. In the summer and fall there are "cruising" events with classic cars from the 1950's and 1960's.</div>
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this cake was at a ymca close to Creve Coeur Lake</div>
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cake at Lindenwood College with the water tower in the background. The water tower was build in 1912</div>
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Another day trip on a cool rainy dat. Pelicans at the National Great Rivers Museum, The birds waiting for the fish to come thru the locks and dam because the fish are knocked senseless and are easy picking for the Pelicans</div>
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a lucky fisherman</div>
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this is a paddlefish, they have a long snout and look prehistoric</div>
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another birthday cake at the museum</div>
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Elsah church, the village where time stood still. Founded in 1853 it is located along the "Great River Road" and home to Principia college, a private Christian Scientist College.</div>
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The trip's theme was "discovering Benny" the excavation of a 21,000 year old wooly mammoth found on Principia's campus!</div>
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Professor Janis Treworgy showing some of the bones found</div>
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The is Benny's skull and tusks, his head has been flatten by the pressure of the earth above him</div>
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Our group was one of the first to see the beginnings of the display area</div>
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Principia sits on the bluffs of the Mississippi river. I've always been interested in archeology so this field trip was a dream come true. Dr. Treworgy was very kind to take time out of her day to show us around.</div>
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after leaving Benny, we were to go to the Lewis and Clark confluence tower, but since it was lightning and raining we went to the Lewis and Clark interpretive center instead</div>
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55 foot keelboat model that showed how Lewis and Clark traveled on their expedition</div>
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our last stop was to view 23 Sears and Roebucks mail order homes. These homes were delivered by the railroads and you had 48 hours to get the railroad cars unloaded. Everything was included for the homes except the furniture, you could build them yourself or hire a contractor. </div>
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You can find out more about Benny here: <a href="http://content.principia.edu/sites/mammoth/">http://content.principia.edu/sites/mammoth/</a></div>
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Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14823156033150491764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539412244112547637.post-26584893300400115132014-04-19T22:00:00.000-05:002014-04-19T22:00:02.388-05:00Old St Charles Cakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The hunt continues. This cake is at the Old St Charles Courthouse. Found it on a beautiful Saturday morning and every Saturday since then has been gloomy.</div>
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Cake in front of the Lewis and Clark boathouse</div>
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In the back yard of the First Missouri State Capitol building</div>
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Blessed Phillipine Duchesne shrine. I keep running across the cakes by accident since I keep forgetting to take my list with me.</div>
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This cake is in my own backyard. Found it at Fort Zumwalt Park in O'Fallon, Mo. This is the park that has a Christmas light display every year.</div>
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This is the cabin at is painted on the cake. It has been in the process of being rebuilt for several years.</div>
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After a lunch at Maggie O'Briens consisiter of Irish stew and Irish coffee we drove to the Irish part of St. Louis known as "Dogtown" a wonderful little neighborhood. After visiting the church our last stop of the day was at Pat's Pub to watch Irish dancing.</div>
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Yet another church; St. James the Greater. DogTown has been called a "province of the Republic of Ireland and host the annual St Patrick's day parade of the Ancient Order of Hiberians. The church was founded in 1861</div>
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another sighting of a birthday cake in Dogtown</div>
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The last cake of the day in Turtle Park across the highway from the St. Louis Zoo.</div>
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The Pro Cathedral of St John the Apostle and Evangelist was another church we stopped to tour.</div>
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A High Cross stands outside</div>
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the beautiful altar. This church served the families moving to the first suburb of the original village/city of St. Louis, founded in 1847. The Archbishop's chair is on the right which designates this church as the Archbishop's Catherdral</div>
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we also stopped to shop for Irish goods.</div>
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Went on a day trip with my city again and sighted another cake! We visited places that have a Irish connection in St. Louis. This is in front of the Shrine to St Joseph in the city of St. Louis.</div>
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The shrine was founded by the Jesuits in 1843 on land donated by Ann Mullanphy Biddle and dedicated in 1844.</div>
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The inside is being renovated. A group of lay people saved the shrine from being razed. This alter is called the "Altar of Answered Prayers".</div>
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The church is also called the "Church of Miracles" and is the only Vatican-authenticated shrine in the Midwest. In 1864 A man near death was blessed in the church by a relic of Peter Claver, noted for his work among slaves. The man was immediately healed and walked out of the church on his own. In 1866 there was a cholera epidemic and the priest asked the parishioners to make a vow to St. Joseph that if they could be spared from more deaths, the would build a monument to him. All who signed and their family were spared.</div>
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view of the Gateway Arch between the buildings.</div>
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This year is St. Louis' 250 birthday. Our history museum has a exhibition called 250/250. 50 people, 50 places, 50 objects, 50 moments, 50 images of St Louis. Lindbergh's flight suit used when he flew non stop to Paris</div>
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Stan Musial, local sports hero, played for the St Louis Cardinals. He played the harmonica and was beloved by the people of St. Louis</div>
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Chuck Berry's "Black Widow" guitar. He was born in St. Louis and still performs here occasionally</div>
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My first birthday cake sighting. There are 250 four foot fiberglass birthday cake placed all over the area in historically or interesting places. I hope to photograph as many as I can this year. The cakes are decorated by local artists.</div>
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This is Jake (from State Farm, Jakes name is based on a tv commercial from State Farm Insurance)</div>
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He is sporting his new fashion accessory and he hates it. He managed to get it off the last time I was babysitting and it was a fight to get his head back thru it.</div>
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Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14823156033150491764noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539412244112547637.post-8221785987414546912014-03-12T22:00:00.000-05:002014-03-12T22:00:00.128-05:00art class<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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we had an art class a few weeks ago, anything to break up the cabin fever. Our weather has been so bad, we are not able to get out with the ice, sleet, snow and bitter cold. This is my first attempt at drawing, better than I thought I could do but I won't be quitting my day job!!! I like the tree best. We used black magic marker and white out for the snow on the tree and house.</div>
Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14823156033150491764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539412244112547637.post-18692548303952613352014-03-04T22:00:00.000-06:002014-03-04T22:00:05.067-06:00Coronation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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L was a page at the basketball coronation at the high school her cousin attends. She was so excited, said it felf like a dream!</div>
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L's dad, the queen and L</div>
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dancing with her cousin</div>
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the whole family</div>
Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14823156033150491764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539412244112547637.post-76371883900828080832014-02-27T22:00:00.000-06:002014-02-27T22:00:02.391-06:00bad winter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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my grandson and some of his friends hit an icy patch of road and flipped their car over. He ended up with a concussion and a broken nose, but thank God this was the worst they had.</div>
Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14823156033150491764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539412244112547637.post-33123568873906536292014-02-23T22:00:00.000-06:002014-02-23T22:00:05.076-06:00Chromecast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This handy little device was a Christmas present. I don't have cable tv so I am limited to the television I can watch, just local channels; But with this gizmo I can use my nook to broadcast tv, movies, youtube and other things from the internet. I will be purchasing a membership to Netflix soon to catch up on my movie watching.</div>
Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14823156033150491764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539412244112547637.post-7128455002076928222014-02-15T22:00:00.000-06:002014-02-15T22:00:03.507-06:00Reading<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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D and D both received Nooks from me for Christmas. They love them and both are reading a lot. D is reading short chapter books (he is in 1st grade) and D is reading the "read to me" books. Since I am such a voracious reader, I want the littles to be readers too! I tell them that if they can read they can do anything. </div>
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The first snow storm of 2014. Again about 1 foot, minus degrees below 0, car doors frozen shut, water pipes burst in another building in complex, I hate winter :(</div>
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Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14823156033150491764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539412244112547637.post-8802769948030092912014-02-05T22:00:00.000-06:002014-02-06T07:29:03.478-06:00Christmas with all the kids<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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B showing his thrift store finds</div>
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D and the nook he received from me. He is reading more books and as a rewards gets to play some games.</div>
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A new hat</div>
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a new puzzle</div>
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same old grandma!</div>
Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14823156033150491764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539412244112547637.post-65233197870948302932014-01-27T22:00:00.000-06:002014-01-27T22:00:00.866-06:00Snow in December<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the snow we received in December. It was 15 inches with below 0 windchill factor. Didn't go any where for about 3 days. This is the time to be thankful to be retired.</div>
Pattyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14823156033150491764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3539412244112547637.post-31909600922771624312014-01-19T22:00:00.000-06:002014-01-19T22:00:00.726-06:00Winter Vacation 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the things I like to do when visiting a new place is try different foods. On this plate was callaloo, ackee and salt fish and bean stew. Callaloo (at the 9:00 position) tasted like what we here in the States call collard greens. Ackee and saltfish (11:00 position) tasted like potatoes with fish) and the bean salad (1:00 position) was different types of beans served hot with a dressing. All was tasty.</div>
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Every time I go to a beach I take this shot, something to look back on when the days get too long.</div>
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This plate is jerk chicken, red beans and rice and sausage. I loved the jerk chicken and the jerk sauce. Hot and spicy, but not too much.</div>
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T did the Dunn River Falls climb, I on the other hand decided that I would take pictures of the climb. I had my own personal tour guide, Nicola. She and I had a informative conservation as we were walking the path along the falls. Nicola was very smart, friendly and took good care of me.</div>
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T half was up the falls with her guide and group</div>
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The falls are the only falls in the world that run directly into the ocean</div>
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the finish line, T did great and it was another great birthday present</div>
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In December my sister and I took a short winter vacation to....</div>
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The beautiful island of Jamaica! </div>
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We stayed at a wonderful resort, weather was great; the above photo is a storm that was coming in.</div>
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Myself in a tree, climbed up forgetting that the down was about 4 foot off the ground!</div>
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beautiful blue water, white sand, warm breezes 88 degrees (31C) glorious sunshine.</div>
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T turned 50 while we were there. The only thing she wanted for her birthday was to have her rear end on a beach for her 50th birthday and so she did. The resort was great. All inclusive and this time we made a dent in the bar service. We got a drink everything we passed the bars. The food was super!</div>
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